Aiken

[Christine]

I just hit a goldmine - Civil War letters from a William James Fisher, Union, who was serving in the same places as Aiken during the Peninsula Campaign!

One letter is from Fairfax Court House and mentions General McDowell, dated March 15, 1862. I have a letter from Aiken to General McDowell, Fairfax CH March 12, 1862, just three days before Fisher's letter home.

Fisher also writes about Yorktown - where Aiken served with William F Smith and wrote an account which was published in a Vermont newspaper.

It is amazing to read these letters and get a glimpse into what it must have been like for those serving there - the weather, the conditions, their thoughts. Like a step back into history.

http://www.williamjamesfisher.com/catego...ters/1862/